Compare AWS Lambda and Kubernetes

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At a Glance
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(1,014)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Star Rating
(156)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.3% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Kubernetes

AWS Lambda vs Kubernetes

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS Lambda easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers felt that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Kubernetes meets the needs of their business better than AWS Lambda.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Lambda is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Kubernetes over AWS Lambda.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing available
Kubernetes
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information available
Kubernetes
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
718
9.2
129
Ease of Use
8.6
726
7.9
137
Ease of Setup
8.5
378
7.4
91
Ease of Admin
8.5
283
8.0
71
Quality of Support
8.5
657
8.4
111
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
275
8.9
57
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
668
9.7
124
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.5
564
Not enough data
Development
8.9
454
Not enough data
8.4
447
Not enough data
8.3
441
Not enough data
8.5
432
Not enough data
7.9
428
Not enough data
Database
8.3
355
Not enough data
8.3
364
Not enough data
9.0
410
Not enough data
8.4
340
Not enough data
8.4
356
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.6
372
Not enough data
8.4
341
Not enough data
8.8
396
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
75
Management
Not enough data
8.8
69
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Organization
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
9.6
73
Development
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.1
69
Not enough data
9.0
55
Not enough data
9.0
57
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
AWS Lambda and Kubernetes share no categories
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is categorized as Container Orchestration and Container Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
41.6%
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
28.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
32.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
38.3%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Computer Software
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.9%
Financial Services
8.4%
Internet
2.8%
Hospital & Health Care
2.7%
Other
43.2%
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Computer Software
33.3%
Information Technology and Services
21.3%
Telecommunications
9.3%
Financial Services
4.7%
Banking
3.3%
Other
28.0%
Alternatives
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Alternatives
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean
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Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Google App Engine
Google App Engine
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Salesforce Heroku
Heroku
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes Alternatives
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container...
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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Mirantis
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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
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Discussions
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Discussions
What is AWS Lambda used for?
3 Comments
Vishwa R.
VR
It is used to deply applications. It provides serverless environment which means you only pay the cost for the cost or duration for which the application had...Read more
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 Comments
What is AWS Lambda built on?
2 Comments
Josh B.
JB
Each lambda function is packaged in its own container running on Linux. You can write your lambda function using a variety of languages such as Python, Java,...Read more
Kubernetes
Kubernetes Discussions
What does Kubernetes do?
1 Comment
Mohit G.
MG
Container orchestration and container management. You can also configure properties on the basis of which scaling of pods will be done. It makes your...Read more
What are the main features of Kubernetes?
1 Comment
Yiorgos [George] A.
YA
- Container orchestration utilising available hardware or VMs, thus decreasing costs - High Availability within a data center / availability zone - Ability...Read more
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Kubernetes has no more discussions with answers